The Devil's Grip. A True Story Of Shame, Sheep And Shotguns

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Simon And Schuster
Publisher Place: Cammeray
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 337 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Wake in Fright meets Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this darkly compelling and provocative Australian true crime story Seven shots ring out in the silence of Victorias rolling Barrabool Hills. As the final recoil echoes through the paddocks, a revered sheep-breeding dynasty comes to a bloody and inglorious end. No one could have anticipated the orgy of violence that wiped out three generations of the Wettenhall family, much less the lurid scandals about Darcy Wettenhall, the man behind the world famous Stanbury sheep stud, that would emerge from the aftermath. Almost three decades later, the web of secrets and lies that led to this bizarre and seemingly motiveless murder spree are unravelled with the help of Bob Perry, Darcy Wettenhalls secret lover for a decade prior to his murder. From the bucolic majesty, privilege and snobbery of the Western Districts prized pastoral lands and dynasties to the bleak, loveless underworld of orphanages, rodeo stables and homeless shelters, The Devils Grip is a courageous and thought-provoking meditation on the fragility of reputation, the folly of deception and the power of shame.

ISBN: 9781760851187